Uk’s Herro wins weekly national honor

Kentucky freshman Tyler Herro received a national honor Wednesday. Herro was named the US Basketball Writers of America Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Week. Herro had a career high 24 points in Kentucky’s win over Louisville last Saturday.

Kentucky opens Southeastern Conference play Saturday at Alabama, with pregame coverage at 10:30 am on Lite Rock 98.7 and lite987whop.com.